Jar-rack



J. L. KIVLAN.

.IAR RACK. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1920.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

glnvcninr UNITED STATES J' OHN'L. KIVLAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

JAR-RACK.

Application filed January 15, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J 0111s L. KTVLAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Racks; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to household utensils and more particularly to adevice for use in the process of sterilizing or cooking goods incontainers such as the household glass jars.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a devicewhich will elevate the jar from the bottom of the boiler or vessel inwhich it may be immersed during the cooking of the contents.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this kindwhich not only is extremely simple and therefore very inexpensive incost of manufacture and low in selling price, but also is substantialand readily adaptable to jars of various diameters and can be easilyapplied and removed.

A further object is *to provide a device of this character which isinherently so con structed that it is not easily dislodged throughaccident and which will, when in use, form a substantial and reliablesupport for the ar.

With these and other objects in view, as will be rendered manifest fromthe following specification, the invention consists of the construction,and in details and arrangement of the parts as more particularlydescribed hereinafter relative to an embodiment of the invention shownin the accompanying drawing, wherein:

The figure is a perspective view of the device as applied to an ordinaryjar.

In the process of sterilizing of foods or other materials in cylindricaljars of the well-known glass open container type it is desirable thatthe container be elevated a suitable distance above the bottom of thevessel or boiler in which the jar is disposed so as to permit the freecirculation of the water beneath and about the jar.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

Serial No. 351,740.

Further, it is very desirable that a device of this character beprovided which is of such construction that it will occupy a minimumamount of space and thus enable the arrangement in the boiler of aconsiderable number of the jars so that the use of the device does notmaterially interfere with the holding capacity of the boiler.

To the accomplishment of the several ob jects as thus and above setforth I have devised a rack comprising a single piece of wire ofsuitable length and diameter and preferably of resilient material, thewire being bent so that the device comprises four substantially uprightelements or legs 2.

One pair of these legs is connected by a transverse bar 3 joining theupper ends of the said legs and the lower ends of these same legs areconnected with transversely extending portions 1-4 which are shown asbowed upwardly to form bottom supports engaged by the jar, while theupright legs or members 22 are designed to embrace or stand around thesurface of the jar.

Preferably the legs converge slightly upwardly and inwardly so that thepoints or ends of the legs approach or rest upon the surface of the jar,this being especially so of the terminals 5-5 of the rack.

These terminals 55 react against the interposed jar J and force the sameinto contact with the adjacent top bar 3 so that the jar is gripped by athree point clamp and maintained substantially in the rack.

Since the rack is made of resilient material, it is obvious that byspringing the terminal legs 2-2 from each other they can be made toreadily fit about jars of difierent diameters and at the same time theterminal legs 2-2 can be sprung outwardly or away from the other pair oflegs which are connected by the top cross or horizontal bar 3.

The application or use of the device is believed to be fully obviousfrom the above disclosure and with the aid of the drawings it will beapparent that the rack once applied to the jar will retain its positionthereon against accidental removal, and by reason of the compactorganization of the clamping legs and their peculiar disposition itwill. be apparent that the device when assembled upon several variousjars would not materially interfere with thejai' holding capacity spacedbottom supporting-members, and a of a boiler in which the jars may beinhorizontal Wall engaging member, the free serted for the cooking ofthe contents. ends of the Wire being bent upwardly to 10 Having thusdescribed'my invention, What form vertical resilient members oppositely5 I claim is: disposed from the horizontal member.

A jar rack comprising a single piece of In testimony WhereofI aflix mysignatnre. Wire bent to form tWo elevated parallel JOHN L. Bil /LAB.

